The Statues

c. 1960

Victor Brauner

Associated Names
Victor Brauner

Artist, Romanian, 1903 - 1966

The image features an assortment of geometric shapes and lines arranged abstractly. A collection of arcs forms a rainbow at the center, above a U-shaped form with lip-like protrusions. A hand extends from the left near a segmented shape resembling a bird's head and beak. Below, lightly sketched elongated legs stand on various colored backgrounds. To the lower left, a circle with intersecting lines meets an elliptical object resembling a profile of a face with a single eye and red lips. The composition evokes a sense of playfulness and abstraction through the arrangement of shapes and lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.2 x 17 cm (8 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.6 x 25 cm (12 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.263


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no cat.

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: VICTOR BRAUNER; lower left in graphite: Les Statues 77/80

Wikidata ID

Q76359478

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